Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 169 Digging Water Chestnuts

One meal is enough to eat and drink.

Jiang Yutong smiled and said, "I'm really lucky today, thank you! Chef Cheng!"

She believes that Cheng He deserves the title of great chef.

Cheng He said: "Compared to your contribution to Peach Blossom Village, what is mine?"

It was because of her that Cheng He opened the door to the art website, and the bamboo weaving in Taohua Village can be what it is today.

Maybe she just acted casually at the beginning, but sometimes things in the world happen inadvertently.

Moreover, she asked her grandfather to bring the bamboo weaving from Peach Blossom Village to Hong Kong to participate in the exhibition, and the bamboo weaving from Peach Blossom Village had a real turning point.

Compared to her contribution, Cheng He's cooking a meal is nothing.

Jiang Yutong also had a feeling for Cheng He. It has only been a few months since I saw him. The bamboo weaving in Taohua Village has already reached such a scale. Cheng He’s new house is so beautifully built, and Taohua Village is being completely rebuilt.
Moreover, she knows something more than others - she knows that Cheng He has cooperated with a large biopharmaceutical company because of Su Lan, which will generate huge profits in the future.

Originally, she could tell that this mountain dweller was very special, but looking at it now, she was really extraordinary.

She shook her head and said with a smile: "The speed of your village is too fast. That's the road, it can't keep up with your development speed."

When she came over, she saw that the road was indeed being built now.But Nanshan City is so far away from Taohua Village, with such a small engineering team, how long will it take to repair it!
Cheng He is also worried about this matter. Yes, the development of the village is in his plan, but the problem of road construction is indeed a big problem.

But government projects are like this, one word, slow!

It is not uncommon to say that the traffic was opened in a certain year, but it was not open in that year, and it was not open in the next year, and it would be opened to traffic in two or three years.

Jiang Yutong said: "I have heard others say that in this situation, it is estimated that there is insufficient funds. If there is investment from private enterprises, the speed of road construction will be much faster."

Cheng He thought for a while and said, "How can any enterprise in Nanshan City be willing to invest? If so, the road will still be used until now? It has been repaired long ago."

Jiang Yutong also sighed and said, "Yes, seeing that your village has developed, it would be even better if there is a good road."

Cheng He went on to say, after dinner in a while, let's take the apprentices of the old artist Jiang to the village.

Jiang Yutong said that there is no need to bring it, as her grandfather's apprentices are already very familiar with the people in the village.I have already visited several in the morning.

As long as they are apprentices of old artist Jiang, no one in the village will not welcome them.

Cheng He nodded, it seemed that he really didn't need to entertain him any more.

After Cheng Xinxin finished her meal, she felt bored listening to the grown-ups, so she went outside to bring sugarcane in and said, "Dad, peel it."

Cheng He asked in surprise: "Baby, didn't you have enough just now?"

I ate a lot today.

Not to mention the pheasant meat was very to her liking, and she also ate a lot of black tomatoes.No wonder people say that black tomatoes are good, they are really delicious.

It's just that there seems to be no large-scale planting at present.

Cheng He didn't care about his income, so he planted such an uncommon vegetable to try something new.The little girl also likes to eat, and she ate a lot today.

As long as she likes it.

Cheng Xinxin lowered her head, looked at her stomach, and said, "It's still a little short."

Uh... not so much.

Well, then shave her a little bit.

Cheng He went to the kitchen to pick up the knife, cut off a section for her, and another section for Jiang Yutong, and said, "The villagers grow it themselves, it should be very sweet."

Jiang Yutong accepted it happily, and said, "There are also after-dinner fruits! It's really good."

Take a bite, it's so sweet.

Cheng Xinxin saw that her piece was very short, while the one in her elder sister's hand was very long, she was upset.

Who is his baby?

The little girl looked at Cheng He with watery eyes.

Cheng He was very helpless, and said: "Baby, you eat first, Dad has a lot here, can I cut it for you after eating?"

She ate a lot just now, so she can't cut any more sugar cane.

How can such a small stomach hold so many things?
Cheng Xin was reluctant: "Dad, can you cut it for me first, I'll finish eating this soon."

Cheng He held the knife in his left hand and the remaining sugar cane in his right, and said, "Dad is sitting here. No one will eat this sugar cane, so I will keep it for you, okay? You eat what you have first, and let it sit in the yard." Run around here, and the rest will be chipped. OK?"

Let her run around the yard to consume first.

Jiang Yutong was embarrassed the whole time, as if he had returned to a few months ago.What did you rob her of before?

Cheng He said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm playing with the children. You eat..."

Cheng Xinxin followed her advice and went outside for a run.

The little wild goose ran after her.

The big yellow dog was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, staring at the little wild goose and licking his tongue unwillingly.

While the little girl was running outside, Cheng He immediately put away the sugarcane and knife, went to find a small bucket, and took a shovel.

As I said before, go dig water chestnuts and come back to eat.

The little girl ran a lap and hadn't finished eating the sugarcane in her hand, so she said cheerfully, "Dad, I ran a lap."

She had already forgotten why she ran away just now.

Cheng He was ready, picked up the little girl's flower hat, and said, "Go out to play?"

Cheng Xinxin happily agreed, "Okay."

Jiang Yutong really wanted to play together, to see how to dig water chestnuts, but she still had something to do, so she had to bite the sugarcane and leave.

She felt a little guilty for stealing the little girl's snacks.

But Cheng Xinxin had already forgotten about that, and said enthusiastically to Jiang Yutong: "Sister, we are going to dig water chestnuts. Water chestnuts are delicious and sweet."

In fact, she didn't know what water chestnuts were, so she just talked about it, subjectively thinking that water chestnuts should be sweet.

Jiang Yutong asked: "Are water chestnuts really that delicious? Then, are you willing to save one for your sister?"

Cheng Xinxin looked up at her father.Dad nodded.

So she said, "Okay, I can save one for you."

Jiang Yutong smiled, probably only when she has a big basket, would she be willing to give one to others?

Children's minds are so interesting.

In fact, she thinks it's really good to be a child. She can say whatever she wants, and say she's unhappy if she's not happy. There's no need to hide it.

But childhood is the fastest.I grew up in the blink of an eye, and troubles followed.

Cheng Xinxin didn't have so many thoughts, she happily followed behind Cheng He, took a small shovel, and followed out the door.

The little wild goose ran along with a "tweet chirp", crooked and crooked.

The big yellow dog followed.

The little girl was very excited, and she muttered like singing all the way: "Dig water chestnuts, dig water chestnuts, follow Dad to dig water chestnuts, Jiujiu quickly follow, Na Nao quickly follow, let's dig water chestnuts together..."

This is her own impromptu singing.

After walking a long way, they came to the rice field of Cheng Shi's family.

Their family is cutting rice.

When there is farm work, bamboo weaving stops.The rice had to be harvested while the weather was fine, and it had to be threshed to dry in the sun. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if it was trapped in the field when it rained.

This year, they made some money doing bamboo weaving. In order to minimize the time spent on farm work, their family even rented someone else's harvester.

The fields here are not large, so small harvesters are rented.

Last year or before, their family did not consider renting machines at all, and the three members of their family did all the farm work every year by themselves.

Now that I can make money doing bamboo weaving, I don't regret the two money, and I can relax a bit.

Cheng Shi's family was busy in the field. After the rice was harvested, only a small section of roots remained in the field, growing in neat rows.

The water is pumped out before the rice is cut to facilitate work.After the rice is cut off, only the roots of the rice are left, and the dried-up fields are exposed to the sun without any shelter, and are easily dried up.

This is the best time to dig water chestnuts.

Because the soil in the field was just right at this time, neither soft nor hard. If it was too soft, the feet would easily sink into the mud, and the digging was too tiring.

But when the soil is too dry, it will harden and it is basically difficult to dig.

So at this time, it is best to dig water chestnuts.This is Cheng He's experience.

Cheng Xinxin wore a flowered hat and rainy shoes, and followed her to the field.

After Cheng He greeted Cheng Shi's family, he was ready to dig.

Water chestnuts are aquatic plants, and most people will just grow some in rice fields to eat.Now the diameter of the water chestnuts has withered, and the water chestnuts in the mud have grown up.

He squatted on the ridge of the field, tore off the withered thin stems of the water chestnuts, and then dug a shovel in the soil, which was full of black and big water chestnuts.

This year's water chestnuts are growing well, not small in size.

Cheng Xinxin laughed happily: "Hahaha... Dad, there are so many!"

Cheng He threw the shovel full of water chestnuts to the ridge of the field and said, "Xinxin, come on, find it and throw it into the bucket."

"Okay." Cheng Xinxin happily agreed, and then reached out to rummage through the mud.

Cheng He is not afraid that she will get her hands dirty, anyway, he can just wash her in a while.

He really didn't agree with how he had made her into an untouchable.

It doesn't necessarily require her to do much work, but at least she must also participate in it, so that she can experience the joy of labor.

Seeing her happy now, Cheng He was also happy.

The little girl found a water chestnut in the mud. After picking it off, she raised her hand happily and said, "Dad, look!"

Cheng He gave her a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Children love to hear praise.

The little girl smiled triumphantly and continued to pick water chestnuts.

Maybe a small moth rubbed against her face, it was a little itchy, the little girl stretched out her hand to scratch it, but this time it was good, a ball of mud directly stuck to her face.

The little girl didn't realize it, and continued to pick water chestnuts.

The sense of accomplishment in her own work deeply attracted her.

Cheng He looked at it and smiled.

With this shovel down, the water chestnuts picked out are almost a catty.Cheng He dug two more shovels one after another, feeling almost done.

When I dug down with the last shovel, I got an unexpected harvest-a very thick eel was dug.

The eels in the rice fields!Hey, the dishes for dinner are ready.

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